Orondo

The Orondo is a mercury mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 899 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Orondo
Secondary: Leavenworth

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION DATA GIVEN ARE BASED ON ESTIMATED LOCATION WITHIN TOWNSHIP INDICATED IN REFERENCES

Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1911

Comment (Deposit): 12 FT WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE WITH 1 FT OF HIGH GRADE ORE

Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC UNIT CANNOT BE DETERMINED BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY IN LOCATION, BUT REGION IS UNDERLAIN BY VARIOUS CRETACEOUS CRYSTALLINE ROCKS

References

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 263.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9,P. 26.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 87.

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